Marking device for dressmakers.



NI. M. L. CLEMENS.

MARKING DEVICEFOR DRESSMAKERS.

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Patented. Oct. 29, 1918,

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MATTIE M. L. CLEMENS, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MARKING- DEVICE FOR, DRESSIVIAKERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29%, 1918.

Application filed September 30, 1912. Serial No. 723,269.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that L'MATTIE M. L. CLEM- nNs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Marking Device for Dressmakers,of'which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to devices or charts used for cutting out dresspatterns and the obj ects of my invention are, first, to provide all thenecessary curves and measurements on one instrumentgsecond, to arrangethe4 different curves and rules in a compact form; third, to' make asimple and cheap device and other features to become apparent from thedescription to follow.

Heretofore dress patterns or dress goods have been cut out by the use ofa number of different devices suchV as the arm rule or chart; the bodyand hip rule or guide, the neck and arm guide and an inch rule.. With mydevice all these different rules, guides and charts are combined to formone complete device. The device is preferably made of heavy paper orthin wood but can be made of any other suitable material.

To describe my invention so that others can make and use the device Ihave illustrated it on the accompanying sheet of drawing forming a partof this specification, in which:

Figure l, is a face View of one side of the complete device and Fig. 2,is a face view of the other side of the same. Y

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in both views.

` The device is made of suitable fiat material in the form of a widerule having the parallel edges 3 and 4, and tapered at one end at 5 andprovided with the enlargement 6 at the other end. As clearly indicatedin Fig. 1, the straight edge 3 serves as the shoulder guide, passingaround the chart or shield from left to right, as viewed in Fig. 1, theshoulder guide connects `with the curved side body and hip guide 7,which in turn connects with the straight edge 4 at the angle 8. It willbe noted that the right hand end of the shoulder guide, as viewed inFig. 1, curves, and said curve coincides with a part of the curved sideof the body and hip guide, so that the chart can be reduced in size. Thestraight edge 4 serves as the skirt and under arm guide which connectsat the angle 9 with the curved neck scye guide or neck hole guide 10,and

this in turn connects with the curved arm scye guide or arm hole guidel1, which connects at the angle 12 with the curved back-of-neck guide 13which connects at the angle 14 with the straight portion 3. Thiscompletes the circuit of the contour of the chart or device. It will benoted that the neck scye curve and the arm scye curve partly coincide soas to reduce the size of the chart.

Each guide is provided with equally spaced designations or graduationspreferably inches and each guide is indicated by name for what purposeit is designed to be used. As also indicated on the device, it isreversed tocut the sleeves. Thus all the necessary guides and rules arecombined in one instrument, and the user has any one of the guidesbefore him all the time. This obviates the necessity of obtaining aseparate guide or rule for cutting each part of a dress or garment.

In operation or use the measurements of the person for whom the dress isto be made are given; the general design of the different parts of thedress are marked out on a sheet of paper; the shoulder guide 3 of thedevice is used to mark a straight line on the paper of the proper lengthaccording to the measurement given; the arm scye guide l1 is used tomark a properly curved line of the proper length according to themeasurement at the arm hole; the neck scye guide 10 or the back of neckguide 13 is used to mark a properly curved line on the paper accordingto what part of the dress, front or back, is being marked and accordingto the style of the dress; the under arm guide 4: is used to mark astraight line of the proper length according to the measurement; andfinally the side body and hip guide 7 is used to mark a properly curvedline on the paper according to the measurement given.

It will be noted that the device is so constructed that the extremitiesof the arm hole guide 11 and neck hole guide 10 converge or unite in asingle curve and likewise the extremities of the shoulder guide 3 andthe side body and hip guide 7 converge or unite in a single line. l

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A marking device for dressmakers comprising a fiat plate having astraight edge, a shoulder guide, a side body and hip guide, a neck scyeguide, an arm scye guide, a back of neck guide, and a skirt and underarm guide; said straight edge having consecutively numbered graduationsthere along, said shoulder guide and side body and hip guide beingjoined to form a continuous guide so that a portion of the one is usedin connection with the other, and

said neck lscye guide and arm scye guide be ing joined to form acontinuous guide so that a portion of the one is used in connection withthe other. j

2. A marking device i'or dressmakers, comprising a iiat plate having astraight edge with consecutively numbered graduations on opposite sidesof the plate adjacent such straight edge, a combined neck scye curve andarm scye curve with consecutively numbered graduations on opposite sidesof the plate adjacent such curves thereof and a combined shoulder guideedge and sideN body and hip guidel curve with consecutively numberedgraduations on opposite sides of the plate adjacent such curves,saidgraduations being numbered in opposite directions on the oppositesides of the device, said neck scye curve and arm scye curve beingjoined to form a continuous curve so that a portion of the one is usedin connection With the other, and said shoulder guide edge and side bodyand hip guide curve being joined to form a continuous curve so that aportion of the one is used in connection With the other.

In'testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses this 17th day of September 1912at Chicago, Ill.

MATTIE M. L. CLEMENS.

Vitnesses:

R. J. JACKER, M. J. MCKENDRY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

` Y Washington, D. C.

